Al-Qaeda's MOS Bomb Plot

An alleged terrorist cell with links to al-Qaeda discussed blowing up London's Ministry of Sound nightclub a court has heard.

The group of seven men allegedly plotted to blow up the club in Elephant & Castle using homemade bombs fashioned from ammonium nitrate fertiliser and aluminium powder, as well as target utility companies.

The Old Bailey was played secret security recordings in which Jawad Akbar, 22, of Crawley, West Sussex, is heard discussing with Omar Khyam, 24, also of Crawley, to blow up Ministry of Sound because they considered the club a soft target.

Ministry of Sound's main dancefloor

Recording

The prosecution played a recording to the jury which was said to have been made at Akbar's home in Uxbridge, west London, on 22 February 2004.

Jawad Akbar: "What about easy stuff where you don't need no experience and nothing and you could get a job, yeah, like for example the biggest nightclub in central London where no-one can even turn round and say "oh they were innocent" those slags dancing around?

The explosion in the clubs, yeah, that's fine, Bro, that's not a problem...to get them into the Ministry of Sound really isn't difficult